Taejoong Kim
Born in Daejeon, South Korea
Lives and works in Seoul and New York City

www.taejoongkim.com
studio.taejoongkim@gmail.com

Education
2019 MFA in Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2013 BFA in Photography, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
2011 Erasmus in Medien, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany

Solo Exhibitions
2025
Obscurely Discovered, Earport, Duisburg, Germany
2024
Fotograficos(Duo), Galería Aires, New York, NY
2020
Heiss!, Backyard Ghost, New York, NY
Du, Earport, Duisburg, Germany
2019
After Dreaming, Goethe-Institut, Seoul, Korea
Bloomed, Space 776, New York, NY
2014
Sequence, Laznia – CCA, Gdansk, Poland

Group Exhibitions
2024
Binary Equilibrium, Gallery Chang, New York, NY
Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2023
Photography, The Familiar and Strange Words, AMI Museum, Dangjin, Korea
2022
Imaginary Landscape, Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea
2021
Neue Aussichten, Goethe-Institut, Seoul, Korea
Breathing Walls, Embassy of Switzerland, Seoul, Korea
Breathing Walls, Seoi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Here We Stand Now, Chiak Art Center, Wonju, Korea
2020
Abschlusskonzert, Heinrich-Heine Institut, Düsseldorf, Germany
Silver Silence, Liebfrauenkirche, Duisburg, Germany
OPENING 20, TuFa – Tuchfabrik, Trier, Germany
2019
Trialog, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Roadmap to the Renaissance, Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt
Hommagination, Space22 Ikseon, Seoul, Korea
Aesthetically Functional Only, 1675 Broadway, New York, NY
2018
Scenes from the Collection, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
New Generation, Chung-ang University, Seoul, Korea
Feel that other day running underneath this one, Time Square Space, New York, NY
42/18, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Foam Talent, Red Hook Labs, New York, NY
Foam Talent, Beaconsfield Vauxhall, London, UK
Unknown Knowns, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea
2016
Artists from Daejeon, Daejeon City Hall, Daejeon, Korea
Foam Talent, Galerie Mercatorplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015
Nakwon Yeop, Daelim Sanga, Seoul, Korea
MOUVEM3NTS, Goam Académie, Vaux-sur-Seine, France
Jigeum, South Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Longing Objects, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
Photo Ireland – The Library Project, Dublin, Ireland
2014
Photobook Week Aarhus, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
New Generation, The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
New Generation, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2013
Trialog, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Trialog, Goethe-Institut, Seoul, Korea
PHOTOVISA, CLIMATE of CHANGES, Krasnodar, Russia
Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
Alt. +1000 Festival de Photographie, Rossiniere, Switzerland
Works Without Works, space Haam, Seoul, Korea
2012
European Month of Photography, IN TRANSIT, Berlin, Germany
The Art Factory Project, Janghang, Korea
Breda Photo-International Festival, MOTI, Breda, The Netherlands

Awards and Projects
2020
Earport, Duisburg, Germany
2019
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The Rose of Sharon, Bloomed, Space 776, New York, NY
Dean’s Travel Grant, Columbia University, New York, NY
Columbia University, New York, NY
2018
Silent Scenes, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Columbia University, New York, NY
Limited Edition – Swan Lake, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
2017
Columbia University, New York, NY
2016
FOAM TALENT 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
DATENTRÄUME, Goethe-Institut, East Asian Goethe Institutes
2015
Goethe-Institut, Seoul, Korea
Goam Art Foundation, Vaux-sur-Seine, France
Gahyun Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Honorary Mentions, Photo Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
3 X 2 X 1, Daelim Sanga, Seoul, Korea
2014
Samsung Fashion KUHO Art Collaboration, Seoul, Korea
Gahyun Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2013
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Gahyun Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2012
Well to the Moon, Seoul, Korea

Invited Lectures
2025
Joongbu University, Goyang, Korea
2024
Smith College, Northampton, MA
2021
Musicon, Busan, Korea
Joongbu University, Goyang, Korea
Seoi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Joongbu University, Goyang, Korea
2019
Foam Fotografiemuseum, Red Hook Labs, New York, NY
The Korea Society, New York, NY
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt
Marble Hill Camera Club, New York, NY
2018
The Department of History, Columbia University, New York, NY
2017
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
2016
Joongbu University, Goyang, Korea
2015
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Goam Académie, Vaux-sur-Seine, France
2014
The Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea
Laznia- Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland

Artist in Residence
2024
Laznia – Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2020
Earport, Duisburg, Germany
2015
Paris Lee Ungno Residence, Vaux-sur-Seine, France
Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
2014
Laznia – Center for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland

Publications
2021
Breathing Walls, Embassy of Switzerland, Seoul, Korea
2016
Foam Magazine #45, Fall, 2016
2014
New Generation – Sizak, The Museum of Photography, Seoul
2012
Paper, September, 2012